Marker Inscription
Built 1898 of native stone by Risley Brothers of Jacksboro, for the Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway, on site bought from F. F. Foscue (1819-1906), a Texas legislator, owner of Fort Richardson lands. In typical railroad architecture, the depot housed waiting rooms and offices. Mrs. Edith Wilmans, a local rancher, Texas' first (1923) woman legislator, often traveled from this station. The Rock Island system sold the structure in 1973 to Texas Export Railroad Company. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1974.
About this site
Jacksboro's First Railroad Depot is a historical marker in Jacksboro, Jack County, dedicated in 1974. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Jack County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 37 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2097, -98.1614 near Jacksboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Richardson (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lost Battalion, Mobilization Site of Battery F of World War II's, Dosher, James B., and Fort Richardson Calvary Post Hospital.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5237002700. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
